Samantha Terán Quintanilla (born May 6, 1981, in

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) is a professional female

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player who represents

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. Terán first joined the WISPA Tour in 2000, and she entered the world top twenty for the first time in 2008 as she won the eighth and ninth Tour titles of her career. These followed two in 2007, the Gannon Open and

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Open, in both events beating American

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in the final. In early 2008 it was Khan who was despatched in the finals of the Liberty Bell and Windy City Opens in the United States. The

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did it again in May to win the Subway Goshen Open, but this time Khan was beaten in the semis. Terán then captured another two titles at the end of June at Los Angeles Open, and at the Harrow Mexican Open, an event she had developed herself. Added to her twelve Tour titles are a gold medal in the

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and four golds in the

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. Terán reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 15 in February 2009. Player Profile at SquashInfo
/ref> In 2011 Terán reached the semi-finals of the 2011 World Open, becoming the first Mexican to do so.

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* * * 1981 births Living people Mexican female squash players Pan American Games gold medalists for Mexico Pan American Games bronze medalists for Mexico Pan American Games gold medalists in squash Pan American Games bronze medalists in squash Squash players at the 2003 Pan American Games Squash players at the 2007 Pan American Games Squash players at the 2011 Pan American Games Squash players at the 2015 Pan American Games Sportspeople from Mexico City Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Mexico Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games Squash players at the 2019 Pan American Games Competitors at the 2013 World Games Competitors at the 2017 World Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in squash Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games 21st-century Mexican sportswomen {{Mexico-squash-bio-stub

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